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The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order ('Croniken van der Duytscher Oirden') is a late fifteenth century Middle Dutch text that strongly influenced early modern historiography in north-eastern Europe. In German scholarship the text is commonly known as the Jüngere Hochmeisterchronik ('Younger Chronicle of the Grand Masters') and it offers a rare insight into the self-image of members of the military orders at that time. The chronicle describes the history of the Teutonic Order from its supposed biblical origins in the Holy Land to the order's involvement in the Baltic crusades, to which a history of the local Utrecht bailiwick is added. Interwoven are summaries of papal and imperial privileges and indulgences, creating a mixture between the genres of crusading literature, gesta, and cartulary chronicles. This book offers a diplomatic edition and parallel English translation of the recently rediscovered 'author's copy' (Vienna, Deutschordenszentralarchiv, Hs. 392), written in direct cooperation with the original author. It is the first complete edition of the Utrecht Chronicle and includes several passages that have never been edited. The English translation is the first translation into a modern language, introducing new audiences who are not proficient in Middle Dutch to the chronicle's content. The book targets students and scholars of the crusades and military orders, as well as audiences interested in Baltic history, medieval chronicles, and Middle Dutch literature more broadly. It accompanies a recent study of the chronicle's cultural context, wide range of sources, and its authorship, published in the same series in 2021. --

Military religious orders --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Deutsch-Ordens-Priester (1191-1809) --- History. --- Histoire --- Deutschordenszentralarchiv. --- Teutonic Knights. --- Jüngere Hochmeisterchronik --- Traductions anglaises.

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History of the Netherlands --- natural disasters --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599

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In recent political and constitutional history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories into more fixed (but still changeable) geographical entities. Its central thesis is that analysing the notion of territory in a premodern setting involves analysing territorial practices: practices that relate people and power to space(s). The book not only examines the construction and spatial structure of premodern territories but also explores their perception and representation through the use of a broad range of sources: from administrative texts to maps, from stained glass windows to chronicles.

History of Europe --- emblems [symbols] --- territories --- geopolitics --- nationale identiteit --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- HISTORY / Renaissance. --- Pre-modern Europe, Territory, Cartography, Historiography, Heraldry, Space, Spatial Turn.